Roll protector



I Jan. 29, 1935. I v. BLAKE 1,989,182

ROLL PROTECTOR Filed June 6, 1932 INVENTOR Valerie Blake Patented Jan.29, 1935 of the rolls.

Such methods however have not proved satisfactory. The heavy paperwrappings are expensive and troublesome and do not protect the end oredge corners of the rolls; the windings of paper strip require specialmachinery to put them on and give only inadequate protection; themetallic protectors have proved even more unsatisfactory, it beingpractically impossible to make them tight and keep them so on the rolland they cut and tear the paper.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a protection forrolls which will have none of the faults or objections mentioned, whichcan be easily applied, either when the roll is finished or later, andwithout requiring special machinery or special skill and which will beinexpensive and will give all necessary protection to the roll.

The foregoing and other desirable objects are attained in this inventionby the novel features of construction, combinations and relation ofparts hereinafter described and broadly covered in the claims.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specificationillustrates one simple practi-' cal form of the invention, but it is tobe understood that the structure may be modified as regards thisparticular disclosure without departure from the true spirit and broadscope of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a roll of paper or the like, havingthe protectors applied thereto, one of them being shown in process ofapplication.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken sectional detail taken as on line 2-2 ofFig. 1 and showing the securing of the protector about the corner of theroll.

Fig. 3 is a broken plan of the protector strip.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional detail of the strip as on line 4-4 of Fig.3.

In Fig. 1, a heavy roll of paper, or the like, is indicated at 5. Thecorners and end faces of the roll are the parts requiring specialprotection, since injury to these may affect a great number of layers,whereas injury to the surface between the ends is usually confined tosimply the surface layer or layers.

The protector therefore consists of a strip 6 of cardboard or the like,secured by quick drying cement or the like, directly over the endportion Rom. nomads N a v Valerie Blake, New York,"l\l. ;Y. 1.Application June aissa-seri ino. 61;;69

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of the roll, wide enough to form a protecting ring of substantial extentat the end of the roll and having lobes or scallops '7, extending alongone edge of the same and secured by cement or the like, over the end ofthe roll.

To seal the end of the roll and to furnish a continuous surface to whichthe scallops or segments may be adhesively secured, there is provided,in the illustration, a disc 8 of cardboard, heavy paper, or the like, ofa diameter approximating that of the roll, which disc may itself beadhesively secured to the end of the roll.

The protector strip may be of a fairly heavy cardboard, relatively hardand smooth to stand the wear, but sufficiently porous to take the cementfor firmly and fixedly securing the strip to the roll. The strip may bein definite lengths or segments convenient for use with standard sizerolls or simply be in lengths convenient for are terminated at or-shortof the bead as indicated particularly at 11, Figs. 2, 3 and 4.Particularly important is the fact that this bead gives the strip adegree of flexibility which prevents the material frombuckling,gathering, bulging or crinkling, where the flaps are folded inward fromthe base material. The strip is applied with the bead at the inside andthis as indicated in Fig. 2, has a tendency to create somewhat of abulge or thickening of material, directly underlying the corner,providing in effect an extra cushion of the material directly where itis needed, that is, at the extreme corner edge The strip material-may befurnished with the adhesive on the base and flap portions, ready to bemoistened, or the adhesive be applied at the time of applying the stripto the roll. Usually, the end discs will be applied first as by tackingor adhesively fastening them to the ends of the roll and then the stripsto the roll, as by rolling tearing of the flaps when the cuts for thescallops the roll over the same, so as to utilize the weight w of theroll for pressing them firmly and tightly in place. The end flaps maythen be turned in and secured over the end discs. In the final result,the corner edges of the roll are fully Iprotected, sufiiciently to standany ordinary handling or transportation. The ends and corners of therolls are sealed against dirt or the like, and such sealing andprotective means are attached to and form practically integral parts ofthe roll structure. The protectors are relatively inexpensive and theyare quickly and easily applied, without having to lift or up-endthevrolls. What is claimed is: y ff 1. A roll protector, comprising a stripof cardboard, or the like, scalloped along one edge having alongitudinally extending bead defining a hinging axis for the scallops.2. A roll protector, comprising a strip f cardboard, or the like,scalloped along one edgeand having a longitudinallyextending..=-beadidefinin'gi a hinging axis for the scallops, the cutsdefining the scallops terminating short of said bead? 3. A roll endprotector, comprising a disc of cardboard or the like, a strip ofcardboard or the like, adapted to be adhesively secured directly to theend portion of the roll and having scallops folded inward and adhesivelysecured to the face of the end disc, said strip having a. bead defininga hinging line formed therein and separated from the inwardly cutportions of the scallops.

41 A m1 endfprotector;comprising an end disc of cardboard or the like,a" roll encircling strip of cardboard or the like having a longitudinal"bead and scallops separate from said head seiicured over the face ofthe disc, the bead being disposed at the inside of the protector andadja- "cent' the'peripheral edge of the disc to form a protecting corneredge cushion for the roll.

VALERIE BLAKE. 2Q

